“It gives you a massive amount of belief and it feels good to reach this stage of the tournament but we want to go further.”

Kellond-Knight added: “Our belief is growing.

“You could see in the first game there was a few nerves but as the tournament’s gone on the confidence is growing and growing and it’s showing in our performances. I think the best is yet to come.

“It’s tough because even though we have achieved something fantastic and the country is really proud of us, at the same time we have to keep our heads screwed on because we’ve only done part of the job.

“We’ve still got a long way to go to achieve our major goal and that’s to win a medal at this tournament.”